U.K. Shipping Back to Pre-War
Britain has restored her merchant shipping fleet to pre-war strength in four and a half years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1950
692 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 35
War Widows Humiliated
MELBOURNE, Thurs. — The Federal conference of the Legion of Ex-Servicemen was told that war widows were visited at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Widows’ Pensions
CANBERRA, Friday. — W. widows' pensions would not I cancelled on the ground of immorality, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gangland Feud in Melborune One Man Killed: Another Wounded. Melbourne
Shooting from a car, gangsters fatally wounded one man and seriously injured another in Collingwood-Fitzroy district last night. Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gang War Flares Up Shots From Car Kill One, Injure Another
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Shooting from a car, gangsters fatally wounded one man and seriously injured another in Collingwood-Fitzroy district last night. Police believe a gang feud is behind the shootings, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Minister Says He Repudiated Communism
LONDON, March 4.—War Minister Robert Strachey last night admitted that he had supported the Communist doctrine in the years before the last war, but said he had repudiated Communist policies in 1940…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers Prepare to Celebrate Anzac Day
Plans for Anzae Day celebrations in Maitland are already in hand, and early organisation should ensure the successful observance of the 35th anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers’ League Auxiliary
MERRIWA; Tueday. — Executive officers of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Merriwa Returned Soldiers’ League were re-elected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council War On Straying Stock
Four defendants were called before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., in Maitland court to-day to answer charges of allowing stock to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Work
All her life Mrs. Eidler took a great delight in young people. During World War I. she was an active member of the Red Cross Society,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Office Bribery Charges
The Director of Public Prosecutions is examining a report on allegations of bribery at 'the War Office, prepared by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enlistments For Militia
CANBERRA, Wed.—Mr. H. B. S. Gullet (Lib., Vic,), asked In the House of Representatives whether the Minister for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World War III Not Distant
General George Kenney, said yesterday that D Day of World War, III might be much closer that most people believed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier Settlers' Homes. Expendable Amount Increased. Sydney
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said to-day that he proposed to increase the maximum amount expendable for erection of homes on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Settlers Must Work "Or Make Way for Men who Will"
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said this week that soldier settlers who would hot occupy and fully work their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Homes on Farms
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said this week that he proposed to increase the maximum amount expendable for erection of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scope for Dutch Migrants Dairying Could Absorb Soldiers From Indonesia
THE HAGUE: The dairying industry in Australia is likely to attract some of the 100,000 Dutch soldiers who will soon be looking for jobs. The Australian Government has agreed to take 10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Settlers' Farm Expenditure Increase
The Minister for Lands (Mr Sheahan) said that he proposed to increase the maximum amount expendable for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Minister Commends Show Society Crop Competition for Soldier Settlers
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) has commended the Inverell Show Society on introducing, at the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Service Saved Man Placed On Three Year Bond
What Judge O’Sullivan described as the excellent war record of accused with the R.A.A.F. saved Maurice John Bourke, 24, labourer,…
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